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Download Silver Wedding, Maeve Binchy, Random House, 1994 Silver Wedding, Maeve Binchy, Random House, 1994, , . DOWNLOAD HERE Quentins , Maeve Binchy, Aug 26, 2003, Fiction, 488 pages. Is it possible to tell the story of a generation and a city through the history of a restaurant? Ella Brady thinks so. She wants to film a documentary about Quentins that will .... Echoes , Maeve Binchy, Nov 4, 2008, Fiction, 496 pages. Now in a beautiful new trade paperback edition?the second novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author. David Power and Clare O?Brien both grew up dreaming of escape from .... The Lilac Bus A Novel, Maeve Binchy, Sep 4, 2007, Fiction, 390 pages. The Journey -- Every Friday night young Ron Fitzgerald's lilac-colored minibus leaves Dublin for the Irish country town of Rathdoon with seven weekend commuters on board. All .... Circle Of Friends , Maeve Binchy, Sep 30, 2010, Fiction, 736 pages. 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Onder de oude beuk , Maeve Binchy, May 4, 2010, Fiction, . Ooit kerfden acht kinderen hun namen in de stam van de oude beuk die de kleine school van Shancarrig overschaduwt. Die kinderen zijn nu volwassen en zijn hun eigen weg gegaan .... A noise from the woodshed short stories, Mary Dorcey, 1989, Fiction, 230 pages. Exuberant lesbian feminist Irish fiction. Short stories that won Dorcey the Rooney Prize for Irish literature.. The Copper Beech , Maeve Binchy, Sep 4, 2007, Fiction, . In the Irish town of Schancarrig, the young people carve their initials--and those of their loves-into the copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even Father .... Maeve Binchy: Three Complete Books The Lilac Bus; Firefly Summer; Silver Wedding, Maeve Binchy, Sep 24, 1995, History, 864 pages. Beloved on both sides of the Atlantic, bestselling Irish writer Maeve Binchy has been acclaimed by critics and readers alike for her heartwarming, beautifully crafted takes .... Desmond and Deirdre Doyle will have been married for twenty-five years in October. It falls to the Doyles' eldest daughter, Anna, to decide how best to commemorate her parents' Silver Wedding. No use asking her sister Helen, living in her London convent, or her brother Brendan, who has chosen another form of exile on a bleak farm in the West of Ireland. But it is unthinkable not to have a party, even though for the Doyles, family occasions are more difficult than for most. For each of them is keeping up a front, nursing a secret wound, or smarting over a hidden betrayal. And as the day draws nearer, so the tension mounts, until finally the guests gather at the party itself...(less) Maeve Binchy writes of people whose lives would never touch mine. I can't decide if her writing is old-fashioned or maybe it's the topics she picks to write about. And yet, her characters have problems that I can relate to, some of them from a distance. And I can't stop reading, so eager to know how it all turns out. In this book, people have been living lives of lies -- don't we all? -- and it all comes to a head when the silver wedding anniversary of a couple with three children is coming up. I sure hope if and when my silver wedding anniversary comes up, I've lived a better life! I've learned a lot from this novel.(less) Like all Binchy's books, or at least all of them that I've read, this one is steeped in the emotions -- the blessing and the curse -- of friendship and family. The intertwined stories of Desmond and Deirdre Doyle, their three children, the man and woman who were best man and maid of honor at their wedding, and the priest who married them each illustrate different aspects of love and loss, and the lengths to which we go to preserve the happiness of those we love, even when we get it wrong. Segametsi Moumakwa I also felt a bit depressed by some bits, but only because I could identify with the characters. But I thoroughly enjoyed it and was sad each time I c...more I also felt a bit depressed by some bits, but only because I could identify with the characters. But I thoroughly enjoyed it and was sad each time I came to the end.(less) Now having read Silver Wedding, written in 1988, I can understand why it was never promoted as the others have been. As always she engages the reader in her characters, in their successes and their shortcomings. These characters seemed to have more "shortcomings" than most. That part was really depressing. It was lacking in the humor which she brought in subsequent novels. It was a real downer. All the characters came together in the end, but none of the problems were really resolved. None of the questions were answered. And ... I suppose that's a lot like real life, but it was depressing. I suggest that you skip this one and enjoy all of her others.(less) Desmond and Deirdre Doyle are approaching their Silver wedding anniversary. Anna, their oldest, believes that there needs to be a big party to celebrate the occasion - but knows she'll be the one to do all the work to plan it. Helen is living in a convent and Brendan is on a farm off in the wilds of Ireland. Also invited are Maureen Barry, who had been Maid of Honor, Frank Quigley who was Best Man and Father James Hurley who had been the officiating priest. It seems everyone has secrets that mu...more Desmond and Deirdre Doyle are approaching their Silver wedding anniversary. Anna, their oldest, believes that there needs to be a big party to celebrate the occasion - but knows she'll be the one to do all the work to plan it. Helen is living in a convent and Brendan is on a farm off in the wilds of Ireland. Also invited are Maureen Barry, who had been Maid of Honor, Frank Quigley who was Best Man and Father James Hurley who had been the officiating priest. It seems everyone has secrets that must be kept from the others for the sake of keeping up appearances. Will they all show up on the special day? Talk about disfunctional family! Yet I find myself also thinking Typical Binchy. Unlike the other books of hers I've read, this one is set in England instead of Ireland. In this one, each character has a chapter which develops their past and the receipt of the invitation to the party. The book ends with the final chapter being the party. I wasn't sure what to expect with the party, but was satisifed with the way it all pulled together. Wow, this book was filled with so much angst about how we appear to others--it was very distressing. I could see so much truth in how the families held secrets and also in how people operated dishonestly. It was sad to me how low the esteem was of most of the characters in the book. It just goes to show that living life means everything is not going to be positive and everyone we meet has something in their past that is not so great. I just wished people were less judgmental of each other (in th...more Wow, this book was filled with so much angst about how we appear to others--it was very distressing. I could see so much truth in how the families held secrets and also in how people operated dishonestly. It was sad to me how low the esteem was of most of the characters in the book. It just goes to show that living life means everything is not going to be positive and everyone we meet has something in their past that is not so great. I just wished people were less judgmental of each other (in the book and in 'real life'). The writing was good because each chapter was devoted to a character and Maeve's imagination was going wild! Then she carefully threaded everyone together in the final chapter when the Silver Anniversary party actually takes place. Well done. (What a treat for me--I received this book as a freebie in an Irish newspaper on one of my trips to Ireland. To enjoy it was a double treat!)(less) The characters of this story all put forth one view of their lives to others around them ... as you read each chapter based on a different character, you find out the real story. In the end you get the feeling that many of them are beginning to realize that "projecting the right image" isn't as important as living a life you can be happy with and in.
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